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THE WIRE
WK 5 FINAL Texans 28, Titans 38 WK 5 FINAL Vikings 28, 49ers 14 WK 5 FINAL Falcons 21, Cardinals 49 MOVE Jaye Coyne traded to Panthers MOVE Taylor Rapp signed with Panthers MOVE Percy Butler signed with Chiefs THE WIRE someone: Vikings win the turnover battle and the game THE WIRE someone: The booth on Broncos beat Ravens, 28-21
WEEK 3 · FINAL
CARDINALS 4-1 · 31.0 PPG 36 – 22 SEAHAWKS 1-3 · 29.0 PPG
THE READ
Cardinals win the turnover battle and the game

Take care of the football or lose. Seahawks did not, and did. Geno Smith was steady for Cardinals — 21/33, 252 yards, 3 TD. Jalen Milroe threw for Seahawks — 23/39, 280 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT — in a losing effort. Jalen Milroe has not had a better afternoon this season. Total yards: Seahawks 465, Cardinals 405.

The Wire · league beat
THE WIDER PICTURE
Team SRS SOS MARGIN TO +/-
Cardinals +9.4 +0.0 +9.4 +4
Seahawks +3.7 +5.0 -1.2 +0
SRS is how many points a side beats an average team by once you account for who they played — beat a good team by 3 and it counts for more than beating a bad one by 20. SOS is how hard that schedule has been. Full table.
Cardinals — NFC #3 · division · 4-1 Seahawks — in the hunt · 1-3 Playoff picture →
IN THE BOOTH
Ava Collins Beat reporter
Seattle beat itself. The Seahawks outgained Arizona 465 to 405 and got 109 yards out of Jaxon Smith-Njigba, but 2 giveaways in a 14-point loss means the Cardinals didn't have to earn this one—they just had to take what was handed to them.
Luca Santana Analyst · replying
Arizona's 70.2 expected win rate the rest of the way means this team is built to stay ahead—they've faced the softest schedule in the league and they're 9.4 points better than average when you strip out who they've played, which is the kind of gap that usually closes. Seattle at 1-3 needs to start winning games they have the talent to win, because their numbers say they're a middle-of-the-pack team playing a harder path forward, and the margin for error disappeared three weeks ago.
They only ever read the box score and this league's own numbers — none of them has a source, and none of them can report anything that did not happen.
Geno Smith
Cardinals
21/33, 252 yards, 3 TD
Jalen Milroe
Seahawks
23/39, 280 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT
Jaxon Smith-Njigba
Seahawks
7 catches, 109 yards, 1 TD
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Total yards Seahawks 465, Cardinals 405 Seahawks
On the ground Seahawks 185, Cardinals 153 Seahawks
Through the air Seahawks 280, Cardinals 252 Seahawks
Giveaways Seahawks 2, Cardinals 0 Cardinals
THE ROOM Final. The recap is below.
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THE MATCHUP SCOUT every number below is counted from the export or read off the roster — nothing is inferred about playcalling
LEAGUE DATA counted by Madden, and arithmetic on top of it
Balanced Pass 59% · Rush 41% · 31.0 scored, 21.6 allowed
10.6 yds/att 58.6% completions 7.0 yds/carry 341.8 yds/game 2.2 giveaways/game 8.3% sack rate last 5: 4-1
Primary weapon: Trey McBride TE — 32% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY HIGH
SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 62 · Aggressive Balance 84 Ball security 38 Back usage 38% QB runs 1.2/game
Most exposed: ball security -- 2.2 giveaways a game
PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 95 WR 82 TE 99 RB 86 OL 82 DL 86 LB 74 DB 82
Best: Trey McBride TE 99 Fastest: Jeremiyah Love HB 94 SPD 9 at star dev or better
YOUR NOTEBOOK what you wrote about them — private, and never a Sapphire statistic
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HOW THEY PLAY the man, not the franchise — only weeks the record attributes to him, this season
Otf
Seahawks · his last 4 games
Throws it Takes sacks
Pass / run64% / 36% Points for / against29.5 — 30.8 Margin-1.2 Giveaways a game1.5 Sacks taken10.9% of dropbacks Lead backJadarian Price · 9.2/g Top targetRashid Shaheed · 33% QB carries2.8 a game
Isaiah?
Cardinals · his last 5 games
Balanced Gives it away One back
Pass / run59% / 41% Points for / against31.0 — 21.6 Margin+9.4 Giveaways a game2.2 Sacks taken8.3% of dropbacks Lead backJeremiyah Love · 11.4/g Top targetTrey McBride · 32% QB carries1.2 a game
Counted from the weeks each man actually held his team — so a franchise that changed hands is not credited to whoever has it now. Nothing above is a playcall: the export does not carry those, and neither does this.
THE SERIES Isaiah? against Otf — the men, not the teams
Isaiah? leads it 1-0. Isaiah? won the last one.
1 meeting avg 36.0 — 22.0 biggest: 14 pts to Isaiah?
S2 · week 3 Isaiah? 36 — 22 Otf ISAIAH?
Only meetings Sapphire can attribute to both men are counted — a Madden export never says who owned a team last season, so the series starts where the record does.
MATCHUP ADVANTAGES unit averages against each other — inside three points is a push
Cardinals receivers vs Seahawks secondary 82 v 87 SEAHAWKS
Seahawks receivers vs Cardinals secondary 87 v 82 SEAHAWKS
Cardinals line vs Seahawks front 82 v 88 SEAHAWKS
Seahawks line vs Cardinals front 78 v 86 CARDINALS
Cardinals backs vs Seahawks run defence 86 v 85 EVEN
Seahawks backs vs Cardinals run defence 85 v 82 SEAHAWKS
Cardinals passer vs Seahawks secondary 95 v 87 CARDINALS
Seahawks passer vs Cardinals secondary 87 v 82 SEAHAWKS
TOP PERFORMERS
Jalen Milroe QB Seahawks 280 pass yds
Geno Smith QB Cardinals 252 pass yds
Jaxon Smith-Njigba WR Seahawks 109 rec yds
Marvin Harrison Jr WR Cardinals 104 rec yds
Zach Charbonnet HB Seahawks 100 rush yds
Tyler Allgeier HB Cardinals 91 rush yds
Rashid Shaheed WR Seahawks 81 rec yds
Jadarian Price HB Seahawks 73 rush yds
Michael Wilson WR Cardinals 66 rec yds
Trey McBride TE Cardinals 62 rec yds
🎬 The Game Recap
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BOX SCORE
CARDINALS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Geno Smith QB 21/3325230237117.2
SEAHAWKS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Jalen Milroe QB 23/392802133187.5
RECENT FORM
Cardinals
W 28–13 vs Rams WK 2
L 28–52 vs Packers WK 1
Seahawks
L 31–49 vs Browns WK 2
W 49–14 vs 49ers WK 1
TEAM STATS
Cardinals Seahawks
405 TOTAL YARDS 465
252 PASSING YARDS 280
153 RUSHING YARDS 185
2 SACKS ALLOWED 3
3 SACKS MADE 2
0 GIVEAWAYS 2
2 TAKEAWAYS 0

Bold is the side that won that line. Giveaways come off a team's own offensive rows and takeaways off its own defensive rows — two separate payloads, so they need not tie out against each other.

ALL-TIME HEAD-TO-HEAD
1 CARDINALS — 0 SEAHAWKS
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